Jordan and Evcriiiann . — Fishes of North America. 1591 



rower stripe of bright blue, then a broad yellow band, then a row of bine 

 spots, then orange, then an edge of sky bine; pectoral translucent, 

 shaded with blue, and some pale orange; ventral with the spine and first 

 soft ray blu(% the membrane orange^, the fin otherwise translucent. West 

 Indies; conmion from Brazil north to the Florida Keys and Bermuda, and 

 St. Pauls Eocks. Length 18 inches. Our specimens from Key West and 

 Havana. This is the largest in size of the American species of Iridio, 

 and one of those most readily recognized. Professor Goode has well 

 described the variations due to age. This species is evidently the Pudiano 

 verde of Marcgravc, t\n' Pudding-wife of Catesby, and the Doncella of 

 Parra. Lahrus radiatus of Linnaeus, in the tenth edition, is based solely 

 on the Pudding-wife of Catesby. The Linn;can name, radiatus, must 

 theref<»r<! be taken for this Species. In the twelfth edition, Lahrus radi- 

 atus disappears, and the pudding-wife appears as a doubtful synonym of a, 

 Sparus radiatus, which is based on a specimen of Iridio Mvittatus sent by 

 Dr. Garden from South Carolina, (radiatus, radiant, streaked.) 



T'udiano verde, Marcgeave, Hist. Pise. Brasil., 146, 1648, Brazil ; on a drawing by Prince 



Maurice of Nassau. 

 Turdus oculo-radiato (Pudding-wife), Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carol., n, 12, pi. 12, flg. 1, 1743, 



Bahamas. 

 Lahrus radiatus, LiNN.EUS, Syst. Nat., Ed. x, 288, 1758; based on Catesby. 

 Doncella, Parka, Desc. Dif. Piez. Hist. Nat. Cuba, 95, lam. 37, flg. 1, 1787, Havana. 

 Labrus hrasiliensis, Bloch, Icbtb., pi. 280, 1792, Brazil ; on a drawing of tbe Pudiann verde 



by Prince Maurice of Nassau; Bloch & Schneider, Systemalclithyol., 242, 1801. 

 Julis crotaphus, CuviER, R^gne Anim., Ed. ii. Vol. 2, 258, 1829 ; based on Doncella of Parka ; 



no description. 

 Julis cyanostigma, C0VIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xill, 391, 1839, Martinique. 

 Julis opalina, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xiii, 392, 1839, Martinique. 

 Julis patatus, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xiii, 398, 1839, Martinique; 



Cuba. 

 Julis princi/pis, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xiii, 402, 1839, Bahia. 

 Ghlorichthys brasiliensis, Swainson, Class. Fish., etc., 232, 1839; name only. 

 Platifijlossus cyanostigma, Gunther, Cat., iv, 161, 1862; Cope, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 1871, 



464; Gunther, Shore Fishes, Challenger, 4, 1880. 

 Platyglossus principis, Gunther, Cat., iv, 164, 1862, 

 Platyglossus radiatus, Gunther, Cat., iv, 163, 1862; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1884, 135; 



Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. Am., 98, 1885; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886,45; Jordan & 



HrtJHES, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 59. 

 Platyglossus opalinus, Gunther, Cat., it, 163, 1862. 



Chijerojtilis cyanostigvia, Poey, Synopsis, 334, 1868, Havana; Poey, Enumeratio, 107, 1875. 

 Ohixropilis radiatus, Goode, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 35, 1875. 

 Halichoeret radiatus, Jordan, Review Labroid Fishes, 641, 1890. 



1990. IRIDIO MCHOLSI (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Head 3i ; depth U. D. IX, 12 ; A. Ill, 11 ; scales 2-28-8. Body deep and 

 compressed, head entirely naked; caudal fin slightly concave, truncate 

 Avhen spread open, the outer rays longer than the middle ones; ventral 

 fins filamentous, the outer ray produced, more than twice as long as inner 

 rays; scales before dorsal not crossing the middle line, in about 5 series. 

 General color bluish or olive; side below spinous dorsal with a very broad, 

 blackish cross bar somewhat oljscure, running from middle of spinous 



